ProSlide, the Canadian manufacturer of fibreglass water attractions, was awarded the Best New Water Ride Product for its high-speed TantrumTWIST tube ride at IAAPA last week.
With installations at both Splish Splash Waterpark in Riverhead, New York and Wet’n Wild Emerald Pointe in Greensboro, North Carolina, the TantrumTWIST is the latest addition to the burgeoning water slide-thrill ride sector.
Groups of two to four riders plunge into a 10ft-diameter dark tunnel and quickly accelerate through the 450-degree vortex tunnel before being launched into the Tantrum’s large enclosed funnel.
They are then propelled vertically up the opposite wall and experience momentary weightlessness before accelerating down and back up the opposite wall for a second vertical weightless sensation, finishing off with a 270-degree accelerating vortex before finally landing in a splash pool.
"The TantrumTWIST has a great beginning, great middle and great ending for a non-stop, seat-of-your-pants thrill your guests will want to experience again and again," said ProSlide.
